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Back to Search2025 April 07 - NGC 4414: A Flocculant Spiral Galaxy
In today's image, we see an example of a flocculant spiral galaxy, which is a galaxy without distinct spiral arms.
Note: In the audio, the image is in…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 06 - Moonquakes Surprisingly Common
In today's image, we see an image from the Apollo 11 mission with a seismograph being set up on the lunar surface. Detections if seismic waves have s…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 05 - The Gargoyles' Eclipse
In today's image, we see the partial solar eclipse from this past week, where our Moon passed in front of our Sun, blocking out a portion of its ligh…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 04 - Hickson 44 in Leo
In today's image, we see the compact group Hickson 44. Compact groups of galaxies are galaxies seen in the same small area of the sky and are often r…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 03 - The Da Vinci Glow
In today's image, we see the thing crescent moon, only a day or so after the new moon. While only a small portion of the Moon is directly illuminated…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 02 - Jupiter and Ring in Infrared from Webb
In today's image, we see Jupiter, its faint ring, and several of its moons as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope in the infrared.
The date is mi…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 April 01 - A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse
In today's image, we see a video showing the Sun rising in real time. The sun is partially eclipsed, so we see two distinct parts of the Sun rising o…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 March 31 - Parker: The Solar System from Near the Sun
In today's image, we see image in a timelapse from the Parker Solar Probe which studies then Sun. We will see six of the eight planets, a comet, and …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
2025 March 29 - Stereo Helene
In today's image, we see one of the moons of Saturn, Helene. This is now as a Trojan moon which orbits at a Lagrange point - this is a stable positio…
11 months, 1 week ago
2025 March 28 - Lunar Dust and Duct Tape
In today's image, we see an image from the Apollo 17 mission where the astronauts made repairs to their rover using duct tape. The repair to the fend…
11 months, 2 weeks ago